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25PHD13Restor(y)ing Taru Rauhea: An Ethnography of Māori and Cannabis in Aotearoa

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2025

Awardee: Mona-Lisa Wareka (Ngātiwai, Ngāti Rereahu), University of Waikato This research aims towards facilitating transformative change by investigating the impacts and experiences Māori face under current cannabis…

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25PHD15Anthropomorphising Whakairo: Creating Living Realities through Augmenting Carvings

Doctoral thesis · Commenced 2025

Awardee: Hamiora Te Momo (Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Konohi), Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Whakatere), University of Waikato This doctorial study in computer science explores the design and development of a culturally grounded…

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25-28RP04Tahatū-o-te-rangi: a study of the experiences and contributions of MAI Te Kupenga PhD scholars

Research Programme · Commenced 2025

Māori doctoral scholars often face significant challenges in universities dominated by Western academic traditions. These environments can clash with Māori cultural values and needs, reflecting colonial legacies that…

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25-28RP02Kia tōnui te reo Māori – Prosperous whānau, prosperous reo Māori

Research Programme · Commenced 2025

Kia tōnui te reo Māori: Prosperous whānau, prosperous reo Māori, examines the conditions that support the growth, use, and intergenerational transmission of te reo Māori across whānau and communities in Aotearoa. The…

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25-28RP03Activating Māori Research Data Sovereignty in universities

Research Programme · Commenced 2025

Universities in Aotearoa hold a vast, largely unmapped, collection of Māori data. With that, these institutions are in positions of power to control the ways in which Māori data is collected, stored, accessed and used,…

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25-28RP01Ngā whenu haumaru hei raranga: Social Wellbeing

Research Programme · Commenced 2025

Since the arrival of visitors to Aotearoa, Māori have always been quick to assess and adapt language, technology and information. Contemporary society brings new languages, technology and information instantly to our…

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25MR16Te kāhui kūaka: he tupuna, he taonga, he tohu

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2025

Project lead: Dr Vincent van Uitregt (Ngaa Rauru, Te Ātihaunui a Pāpārangi, Tūhoe), Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka Climate change related research is preoccupied with the impacts on human life…

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25MR12He Mahinga-Ora ki te Tairāwhiti: 'Ki te whai-ao, ki te ao-mārama'

Matakitenga project · Commenced 2025

Project lead: Dr Mahonri Owen (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa), The University of Waikato | Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Additive manufacturing technology (3D printing) can be used to accelerate the design/development…

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24-25INTS36He oranga whānau: mahi ngātahi whānau livelihoods within the context of work and Māori economies of wellbeing

Internship project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025

This internship developed a visual identity for Te Ahunga atu ki ngā Ōanga Oranga Māori: Towards Māori Wellbeing Economies, bringing Māori wellbeing economies to life through design. The work supports whānau…

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24-25INTS42Māori whānau mental health and addiction journeys

Internship project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025

This internship contributed to a larger postdoctoral research fellowship project: a kaupapa Māori analysis of Māori experiences of cannabis and methamphetamine use.

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24-25INTS67 ADHD in Australasia and the Pacific: A comprehensive literature review

Internship project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025

This internship project, aimed to compile an extensive literature review on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with a focus on the Australasian and Pacific regions.

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24-25INTS54Whakamana: Empowering Well-being for Rangatahi Takatāpui – Weaving a Whāriki for Mana-Enhancing Engagement

Internship project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025

This project aimed to redress the lack of culturally safe, gender-affirming, and inclusive support services available for rangatahi takatāpui and their whānau within the Te Ranga Tupua rohe.

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24-25INTS10Decolonising child protection in Aotearoa: What can be learned from First Nations internationally?

Internship project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025

This internship focused on global efforts by First Nations and Indigenous peoples to decolonise and re-indigenise child protection systems.

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24-25INTS06Effects of historical trauma for Māori through their experiences of state welfare

Internship project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025

This internship contributed to a broader research project exploring how experiences of state welfare have contributed to historical trauma for Māori.

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24-25INTS11 The Trajectory of Tangonge

Internship project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025

Tangonge is a hugely significant taonga, historically referred to as the Kaitaia Lintel or Kaitaia Carving. It is now understood to have been a waharoa (gateway) and is considered the earliest surviving Māori carving in…

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24-25INTS08Kaitiaki pā harakeke for socio-environmental wellbeing

Internship project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025

This internship project employed a tikanga-based and marae-based regenerative environmental approach, emphasising the reciprocal relationship between people and te taiao.

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24-25INTS09Scoping the mental health impacts of climate change on food sovereignty in Indigenous Peoples

Internship project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025

This internship aimed to address the critical shortage of literature in this field by providing insight into the ways climate change has impacted the mental health of Indigenous Peoples.

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24-25INTS40Imagining honourable kawanatanga: Insights from Waitangi Tribunal reports

Internship project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025

This project served as an introduction to the ongoing study Honourable Kāwanatanga: A Prerequisite for Constitutional Transformation. The overall study was designed to answer the following key questions: 1. What is…

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24-25INTS57Indigenous Visual Jurisprudence – developing a definition

Internship project · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025

The interns contributed to a research project exploring a new area of law, visual jurisprudence, which is a legal theory that considers how visual legal information affects people's perceptions of the law and its impact…

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24WHA19Ko wai tō ingoa? Healing from language trauma by renaming and reclaiming ourselves using te reo Māori

Whakaaweawe - featured impact · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025

This te reo Māori publication shares powerful naming narratives from reo champions who reclaim Māori names as part of their language journeys. Through these stories written entirely in te reo it celebrates identity,…

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24WHA18Wānanga Rau, Taumata Rau, Pukenga Rau

Whakaaweawe · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025

Project SummaryThis project, Wānanga Rau, Taumata Rau, Pukenga Rau, aims to provide an innovative conceptual toolkit and resources for the Māori Performing Arts community in Aotearoa, New Zealand. The resources…

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24WHA17Ngā Pōito i te kupenga o Toi te Huatahi The Netfloats in the Ocean of Toi te Huatahi

Whakaaweawe · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025

Project SummaryThis creative-led project focuses on four sites: Poor Knights, Hen and Chicks, Little and Great Barrier Island. The islands’ isolation led to their designation as sanctuaries, a Western conservation…

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24WHA21Pukapuka Hanganga Reo Matatini: Ngā Kōrero o Te Aitanga a Mahaki Iwi

Whakaaweawe - featured impact · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025

Pukapuka Hanganga Reo Matatini brings treasured pūrākau of Te Aitanga a Māhaki to life through structured literacy children’s books that support neurodiverse tamariki to learn te reo Māori while connecting with their…

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24WHA13Reflecting on 50 Years of the Waitangi Tribunal

Whakaaweawe - featured impact · Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025

In 2025, the Waitangi Tribunal marks 50 years since its founding. This new collection, edited by Carwyn Jones and Maria Bargh, will bring together Māori scholars to reflect on the Tribunal’s impactful work across key…